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Hello, I'm Ros Atkins, this is Outside Source.

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It is an album of international news live from the BBC newsroom. -- an

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hour of. We'll start once again

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with the Zika virus. The scientists studying the virus

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in the US say it could take 10 years before a vaccine is

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publicly available. I've got a BBC

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exclusive to show you. Spanish police target one

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of the Europe's biggest human trafficking rings, rounding up gangs

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who've made millions The European Union has told Greece

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that its seriously failed in its obligation to protect

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Europe's external border. The Greeks have responded, we will

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play you that, too. I'll show you this

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report from Libya. BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani is one

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of the few journalists to get into Benghazi, where the army

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is losing ground to Islamist militants including

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so called Islamic State. And in half an hour, Katty Kay will

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be talking about Donald Trump, why he is boycotting the final

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Republican presidential TV debate. It is probably fair to say that we

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have gone from knowing nothing about the Zika virus to being shocked on

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the impact it is having on more families' lives. Each day has

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brought a new development, US scientists say it could take years

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before a vaccine is publicly available. But Brazil and other

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countries across the Americas don't have that time.

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A reminder, it's carried by the Aedes mosquito.

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Somebody is bitten by the mosquito, they then bite somebody else who

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also becomes infected. It is not these symptoms themselves that are

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causing the concern, it is what if a pregnant woman gets it. It is not

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confirmed but it is believed that if the mother or the pregnant woman has

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the virus, there is a chance that her baby will develop something

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called microcephaly, it causes underdeveloped brains and can have

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serious ramifications. James Cook has been given access

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to the laboratory in Texas which is leading the

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search for a vaccine. It is the latest virus to send

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shivers around the world. There is no vaccine

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for Zika, no treatment. And in the past few months,

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it has been spreading fast to more than 20 countries in

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the Caribbean and Latin America. Last year when it reached Brazil,

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it really exploded in the Americas and has spread very quickly

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infecting probably a couple Should people be frightened,

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especially pregnant women? If I had a daughter of child-bearing

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age who was planning a spring vacation to the Caribbean

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in the next few months, I would strongly urge her not to go

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there at this point. These young mothers in Brazil

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did not have that choice. The Zika virus apparently attacks

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the brains of unborn children and it And so scientists from this high

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security lab in Texas have been gathering samples in

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Brazil to find out more. Some mosquitoes have tested positive

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or negative for Zika and right now we are really at the beginning

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stages and this is the forefront of the work that you

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are seeing us doing. The ultimate aim is to produce

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a vaccine, although that work has only just begun, scientists say

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they could have one ready But winning approval from regulators

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could take much longer. Developing an effective vaccine

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would take a short period of time, but it would take a longer time

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in the process of passing it through the FDA and other regulatory

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agencies to allow it for public use. That could take up

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to ten or 12 years. And working with insects that can

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carry such a dangerous virus There are around 15,000 mosquitoes

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in this room from a dozen different countries and they are kept under

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very tight security conditions to make sure that none

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of them can escape. This mosquito passes the virus

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from person to person, could spread anywhere

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the insects are present, including right here

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in the southern United States. James Cook, BBC News,

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Galveston in Texas. That may be getting a lot of

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attention in the Americas, but here in Europe it is another day, another

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example of the extraordinary pressures that the migrant crisis is

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exerting on Europe and its institutions.

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The European Commission has accused Greece of seriously

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neglecting its duties by failing to control its borders.

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As we have discussed many, many times, many migrants choose to come

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through Turkey, into Greece and then onwards northwards into Europe.

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It says the Greek authorities have failed to properly register,

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fingerprint and check the identities of migrants arriving in Greece.

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With all of this is a no-nonsense message telling Greece to sort these

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problems out. But here is the response of the Greek Prime Minister

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from a little while ago. TRANSLATION: Despite our great

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weaknesses, our difficulties, despite the fact that we find

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ourselves in a financial crisis and in a difficult adjustment,

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Greece is managing to deal with this crisis by showing the human face

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of Europe, setting forth the need to stand by our fellow

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man who is in danger, whose life is in danger,

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who is being persecuted, and I think this is a significant

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contribution to Europe and European civilisation which, in my opinion,

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is being shamed by the images Everyone agrees that crisis is an

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appropriate word, whether it is a European crisis or a Greek crisis.

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Damian Grammaticas response from Brussels.

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The Greek government's response has been that it simply cannot turn back

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boats that are at sea, that would be illegal

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It can't try to push people back towards Turkey,

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it has to receive them on its shores.

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And we've heard the Greek government saying that what it needs is greater

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help from its European partners and greater assistance from Turkey

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if it is to both stop the boats coming and return quickly those

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who are not deemed in need of international protection,

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so people who are not refugees fleeing war zones.

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But all of those things are proving problematic and so,

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in a way, Greece, I think, feels that it's being caught very

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much in the middle in this, and has to accept people

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who are then moving onto the rest of Europe, which is causing problems

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therefore European countries seeking to try to those numbers.

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I have already paid you a special report from Texas. We have another

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coming about the situation in Libya. But next to a special BBC report

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from Orla Guerin on one of the biggest human

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trafficking rings in Europe. Spanish police have given the BBC

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exclusive access to their raids - and they claim that gangs

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are increasingly using UK airports These gangs are run by Nigerians,

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and they trafficked hundreds The group is still being

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investigated and the BBC was asked to delay broadcasting the story

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to ensure the safety of the women We've done that, but now we can play

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you Orla's report from Barcelona. Sunrise in Barcelona,

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the city of dreams, standing proud with its rich heritage

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and architectural jewels. But after night fall,

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in the back streets, This is where undercover police have

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been monitoring a trafficking ring and its victims,

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watching every move. We joined the assault teams

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as they prepared to strike at locations in Barcelona

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and several cities nearby. Around 250 officers taking part

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in the biggest operation yet against Nigerian crime bosses

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who call themselves, Around 8:00am, they close

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in on an apartment block. In seconds they're inside,

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hunting for one of the targets Well, the police are inside now,

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questioning suspects. While they were carrying out

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the raid here, more than 20 other buildings were being

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hit simultaneously. This has been a long

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time in the planning, the investigation into this criminal

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network began a year-and-a-half ago. Police detained the group's main

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leaders and gathered evidence The gang charges its victims

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about ?28,000 to get to Spain, then forces them into prostitution

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to pay off the debt. Police say those arrested are part

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of a sophisticated criminal enterprise that spans the globe

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with representatives in cities in the Middle East,

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Africa, the US and the EU. The head of the Anti-Trafficking

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Unit told us a key figure is based in London, bringing women

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into the UK on fake He says the gang is looking

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more and more to Britain One of the main new ways to enter

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victims is through the airports It's a different system to traffic

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people and it needs always forgeries and is more expensive,

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but is more secure and we have Here, in down town Barcelona,

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the Nigerians are believed to have made millions from women working

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the streets in the shadows. They are kept in line by threats

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to their families back home and by physical abuse from Madames

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who act as enforcers. We met one young woman

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who was trafficked from Nigeria She says she and her child

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were brutalised by her Madame. She hit my face and my eyes

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and beat me until blood came One day, when she came

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for the money, I couldn't pay. She hit me on the head

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with a bottle. Police hope more women will be able

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to escape the streets here now the Nigerian traffickers

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have been rounded up, but they say their barbaric trade

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in human beings will continue If you have just joined me during

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that reporter and you would like to see all of it, or perhaps you would

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like to share with someone, it is on the BBC News app and the BBC News

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website. All week we have been talking about

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the Arabian president being in Europe. He has shifted from Italy to

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France today and we will get the help of BBC Persian in telling you

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about some of the deals he has been cutting with the French.

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One of the most read stories is that the convicted murderer Levi

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Bellfield has admitted for the first time abducting, raping and murdering

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the 13-year-old schoolgirl Milly Dowler, she was snatched on her way

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home in 2002. In this case, the whole life tariff

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means he can't be released full -- released. He is 47, he is imprisoned

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calling himself Yusuf Rahim. The family has been through an awful

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time following the death of their daughter. I was there the day that

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Levi Bellfield was convicted of Milly Dowler's murder, Millie's

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mother was in pieces. It was an awful, awful thing to witness. --

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Milly's's mother. They also have the problem of her phone being hacked in

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the phone hacking scandal. This is another very bad day for them but it

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at least give some closure with regards to his admission of guilt.

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This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

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The scientists studying the Zika virus in the US

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say it could take 10 years before a vaccine is publicly available.

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Journalists are working in close to 30 languages in the BBC newsroom,

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let's pick up some of their stories. The International Criminal Court

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has given the go ahead to an investigation into alleged war

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crimes by Russian and Georgian says it wants a review

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of the decision to clear the Prime Minister of illegally

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accepting millions of dollars. On Tuesday the attorney

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general said the payment - $700 million, no less -

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was a personal donation from the Saudi royal family,

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and that he'd broken no laws. This is the moment that the Hulton

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Bridge in Pennsylvania It's 107 years old and it was

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deemed rusty and shaky - neither of which are things you're

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looking for in a bridge. A new Hulton Bridge has been

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constructed right by its side. All those pictures through the BBC

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news app. Let's turn to a story we have

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covered several times, it concerns the stand-off in Oregon in the

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north-west of the US. An armed group occupied a federal

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building near a town called Burns. It is a national wildlife refuge.

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The story have arrested. Well police have arrested

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the group's leader Ammon Bundy with another person killed, believed

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to be the group's spokesperson. This happened during a shootout

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after police stopped a car somewhere This story has many facets,

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but the root lies in a longstanding dispute between local ranchers

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and the federal government over Oregon Public Broadcasting has

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helped us several times on this Well, it happened more than 50

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kilometres from the national wildlife refuge, which has been

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occupied by these men and women. The leaders of the group were on their

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way to a need right -- in nearby community called John Day, where

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they planned to meet with ranchers and try to recruit people to join

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their cause. Somewhere along the route, Oregon State police troopers

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and FBI agent stops them. We don't know what prompted the shooting, but

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we know shots were fired. One person, we believe it was Ryan

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Bundy, the brother of the leader of the movement, was injured. And a

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rancher from Arizona who has been a spokesman for the group was shot and

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killed, we believe. Additionally, seven men and one woman were

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arrested yesterday. As an outsider looking in, it seems extraordinary

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that you are able to occupy a federal building and still leave the

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building and go to other places in the state to recruit support. Have

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they been able to do this over the last few weeks? Yes. Just last week

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they had travelled to a town called Crane not far from the refuge and

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urged dozens of ranchers to terror that contracts with the federal

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government and refuse to pay grazing fees. They have not recruited anyone

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out of that meeting to join them. It seems they were very

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just on occupying the refuge but trying to start a movement,

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that political message. They had begun to travel further as part of

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the effort. The leader has been arrested, but the occupation goes

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on. Have you spoken to any of the people still carrying it out? We

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have. One of those people is broadcasting a live stream from the

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refuge right now. Many of the occupiers left the refuge last night

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after word came of the arrests and the death. The FBI has set of RFK 's

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now in the area, they are controlling traffic, but we believe

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fewer than ten people remain up the site -- the FBI has set up ROK 's

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now. There was one woman, in addition to a number of men. They

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say they plan to stay. They are heavily armed. We have no sign that

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they intend to surrender. Many thanks to Amelia. Somebody in

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the New York Times said the driver of the car was claiming that the

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person who died charged the police. We can't confirm that. But here is a

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quote. We shall have to wait to hear from the police from more.

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But I can play you a news conference given in Burns from law enforcement

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agents. If it was as simple as just waiting

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out some folks to get out of some buildings we could have waited a lot

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longer. But this has been tearing our community apart. It is time for

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everybody in this illegal occupation to move on. There doesn't have to be

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bloodshed in our community. That story will go on, you will get full

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details here. In the meantime, let's begin our business. You will know

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that the Arabian president has been to Italy and met the Pope and the

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Prime Minister. Iran's president Hassan Rouhani has

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moved on from Italy to France. This trip is fundamentally

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about business deals following the lifting

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of international sanctions against It is the first time an Iranian

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leader has been to Europe for 16 years. Here are some details on what

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the French and Iranians be agree on. -- will be agreeing.

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It is likely that Iran will order more than 100 new aircraft

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from Airbus, which is a European consortium based in France.

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I've been talking to Kasra Naji from BBC Persian about all of this.

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This is the first time in 60 years that an Iranian president visits a

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European country. Iran is coming in from the cold, as it were, after the

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lifting of the sanctions. These are the first visits to outside

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countries by the president. I am sure there will be more. As you say,

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the main thing is is going out there with a big shopping list. Iran was

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starved of services and goods for the last ten years at least when the

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sanctions started. Due to this nuclear programme. There is quite a

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bit to be done. They want planes and vehicles, what else? They also need

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Total, the French oil company, to go back to Iran and helped develop some

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of the oil and gas fields and also modernise the Iranians oil industry

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which has been pretty much neglected because of lack of spare parts and

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technology. That is a big deal and cost a lot of money and they need to

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come to some kind of agreement on how this will be done. They need

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tens of billions of dollars to even start scratching the surface of that

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modernisation that they need to do. It has been interesting talking

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online with viewers about the visit. Lots are asking when people back in

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Iran will feel the difference because of these big deal? I guess

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they will have to be patient? I think they will, actually. It will

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take to it won't happen overnight. It is a slow process. They are just

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coming out of sanctions. The banks, going back to run, it will take

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time. It will not that easy. -- going back to Iran. The benefits

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will be down the line, not needed. Is the state dinner happening? I

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know there has been discussion? I don't think so, the Iranians do not

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want to sit at a table where wine is served, and the French don't want to

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go to a dinner without French wine being served. It will not happen, it

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will be an afternoon meeting between President Rouhani and President

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Hollande. They can fight compromises when it comes to the nuclear

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programme, but they will not budge on wine! I love that!

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Apple yesterday, today Facebook will be reporting its latest results.

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The results have just come through coming here is Nada Tawfik. Facebook

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again beating investors' expectations. The revenue and profit

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for the fourth quarter of double. Beating investors' expectations.

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They thought it would be up around 39%, it is up over 50%, which makes

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it over ten straight quarters where Facebook has beat investors'

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expectations. Lots of this is down to the fact that ad revenue was up

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about 56% because of the holiday shopping period, when advertisers

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are usually spending more money and Facebook is one of the most popular

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mobile apps, they did really well with mobile video. The results are

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still coming out, a very, very strong picture. What we will want to

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sleep in the next few minutes when we hear more from the chief

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executive Mark Luca Berg is how Facebook's the product will help pay

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off the company. We will look at how Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger,

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Oculus Rift, we will get more on that. But a very strong picture from

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Facebook. What is Facebook doing right? There is a lot in the media

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press about how selling digital adverts is tough and the revenues

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are not coming in as expected? They were very quick to get in on mobile

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adverts in video adverts, that has been helping Facebook. When you

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look, they have had a really strong, growing user base. Some investors

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are concerned that that might be slowing down a bit, but that is

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where they have had advertisers spending with them, taking on some

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of the TV revenue and putting it into mobile video. They have made

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surreally smart investments when it comes to Instagram and some of the

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other app. -- made really smart investments. These are some of the

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keeping Facebook have done that have made investors optimistic about its

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future. It plans to keep investing in different products so it looks

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like, for now at least, they can keep the momentum up. Thanks for

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explaining that, Nada telling us about another good day for Mark

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Zuckerberg and Facebook. I will be back with more Outside Source in

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